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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (558142)	3/30/2004 8:41:12 PM
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Kerry: "After inheriting a strong economy and record surpluses, this president had the chance to stay the course of fiscal responsibility and shore up both the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. Instead, he made a mockery of fiscal responsibility,"

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (558142)	3/30/2004 10:44:15 PM
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"Daddy, they're being mean to me! Make them stop! Make them stop! Whaaaaa!" SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - An emotional former President George H.W. Bush on Tuesday defended his son's Iraq (news - web sites) war and lashed out at White House critics. It is "deeply offensive and contemptible" to hear "elites and intellectuals on the campaign trail" dismiss progress in Iraq since last year's overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), the elder Bush said in a speech to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association annual convention. "There is something ignorant in the way they dismiss the overthrow of a brutal dictator and the sowing of the seeds of basic human freedom in that troubled part of the world," he said. The former president appeared to fight back tears as he complained about media coverage of the younger Bush that he called "something short of fair and balanced." "It hurts an awful lot more when it's your son that is being criticized than when they used to get all over my case," said Bush, who has often complained about media coverage of both Bush presidencies. Iraq has been torn by violence and instability since a U.S.-led invasion last year toppled Saddam in the hunt for his alleged weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons have been found but the Bush administration says progress toward a stable democracy is being made. The former president, who waged the first Gulf War (news - web sites) against Saddam in 1991, described progress in Iraq as "a miracle." "Iraq is moving forward in hope and not sliding back into despair and terrorism," he said. Some critics of the war say the White House focused resources on Iraq instead of the hunt for Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), whom Washington blames for the Sept. 11 attacks. story.news.yahoo.com